If You Want to See the Future of Political Trolling—and Elections—Look to Alabama
A second covert campaign against Judge Roy Moore is revealed, suggesting that voters need to up their media-literacy game, and fast.
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Roy Moore's Claim of 'Systematic Voter Fraud' Is at Least As Plausible As Trump's
The defeated Senate candidate's refusal to concede is no more preposterous than the claim that the president actually won the popular vote.
Why Greg Gutfeld Is a Better Standard-Bearer for Conservatives than Roy Moore: Podcast
Novelist Lisa De Pasquale sees "politics as entertainment" and worries that Millennials are lost forever to the left.
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Roy Moore's Trumpian Conspiracy Theorizing About Voter Fraud
The president wants the Alabama loser to concede. But using Trump's own (fake) voter-fraud math, he shouldn't.
How Roy Moore Failed to Reassure Voters He Is Not a Sexual Predator
A hazy memory, self-contradiction, and dubious debunking efforts helped seal the GOP Senate candidate's fate.
What Roy Moore's Near-Miss Tells us About America's Great Media Divide
As partisan skepticism degenerates into media illiteracy, in-house media criticism devolves into pompous wagon-circling.
Doug Jones Didn't Win Last Night. Roy Moore and Social Conservatives Lost. In Deep-Red Alabama.
Are you listening Republicans? Even in your most-secure strongholds, the culture wars are over and you lost.
Doug Jones Wins Alabama Senate Seat; Roy Moore Does Not Concede
Final tally: 49.9 to 48.4 percent.
Dear Alabama: You Don't Have To Choose Between Roy Moore and Doug Jones
The Libertarian Party's write-in longshot, Ron Bishop, is also in the race. Bonus: a baker's dozen non-pedo reasons to dislike Roy Moore.
13 Non-Pedophile Reasons Why You Can Hate Roy Moore
Just when you thought you couldn't like Moore any less.
Abortion Is the Get-out-of-Jail-Free Card of Republican Politics
Conservative apologia for Roy Moore and hostility toward his opponent are anchored on an issue individual senators are highly unlikely to impact.
The Harder It Is to Believe Roy Moore, the Cozier He Gets With the GOP
Trump's endorsement and the RNC's renewed support coincide with a crescendo of self-contradiction.
Roy Moore Sees Restoration of Voting Rights of Felons as a Plot Against Him
A law signed by Alabama's Republican governor allows many ex-cons to return to the ballot box.
Trump Tacitly Endorses Roy Moore, Noting His Denials 12 Times
The president says he may campaign for the Republican Senate candidate, notwithstanding credible allegations of sexual assault.
What Charles Manson Teaches Us About Harvey Weinstein, Al Franken, and Tax Reform: Podcast
Nick Gillespie, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Peter Suderman and Matt Welch discuss what's wrong with the GOP tax bill, Roy Moore, Al Franken, and Aquaman.
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Roy Moore's Defenses Contradict Each Other
The Republican Senate candidate tries to discredit an accuser he said he didn't know by noting that he presided over her divorce case.
Roy Moore Could Be Digging His Own Grave By Denying Any Contact With His Accusers
If the he is lying about courthouse chats and restaurant meals, he is probably lying about his alleged crimes too.
Roy Moore and the End of Republican Credibility
Can the conservative movement survive the election of a possible child molester?
Roy Moore Concedes Fondling a 14-Year-Old Would Disqualify a Senate Candidate
That is farther than some of his defenders are willing to go.
Under Alabama Law, Roy Moore's Alleged Encounter With a Teenager Is a Serious Crime With Lifelong Consequences
The Republican Senate candidate would still be paying for his actions four decades later.
The Alabama GOP's Awful Responses to the Roy Moore Sexual Assault Allegations Are Dead-End Partisanship At Its Worst
Jeff Flake wonders: Is this what the Republican Party has become?
Roy Moore Read Me Love Poetry
A detail in the allegations against the Alabama Senate candidate rings true. He read me the poems he used to woo his much-younger wife.
Rand Paul Endorses Roy Moore in Alabama Senate Race, Annoys Libertarians
If ever there were a would-be colleague who someone of even slight libertarian tendencies should be leery of, it is Roy Moore.
Roy Moore Should Get a Female Muslim Uber to Drive Him to Saudi Arabia
His version of Christianity is the spiritual twin of Sharia